diff --git a/pkg/commands/configmap.go b/pkg/commands/configmap.go
index cd2b23a31..588764c69 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/configmap.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/configmap.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pkg/configmapandsecret"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pkg/constants"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pkg/fs"
+	"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pkg/loader"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/pkg/types"
 )
 
@@ -59,10 +60,12 @@ func newCmdAddConfigMap(fSys fs.FileSystem) *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
 			// Add the flagsAndArgs map to the kustomization file.
 			err = addConfigMap(
 				kustomization, flagsAndArgs,
-				configmapandsecret.NewConfigMapFactory(fSys, nil))
+				configmapandsecret.NewConfigMapFactory(
+					fSys, loader.NewLoader(loader.NewFileLoader(fSys))))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/addfromenvfile.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/addfromenvfile.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f403a5040..000000000
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/addfromenvfile.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package configmapandsecret
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-	"unicode"
-	"unicode/utf8"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
-)
-
-var utf8bom = []byte{0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF}
-
-// processEnvFileLine returns a blank key if the line is empty or a comment.
-// The value will be retrieved from the environment if necessary.
-func processEnvFileLine(line []byte, filePath string,
-	currentLine int) (key, value string, err error) {
-
-	if !utf8.Valid(line) {
-		return ``, ``, fmt.Errorf("env file %s contains invalid utf8 bytes at line %d: %v",
-			filePath, currentLine+1, line)
-	}
-
-	// We trim UTF8 BOM from the first line of the file but no others
-	if currentLine == 0 {
-		line = bytes.TrimPrefix(line, utf8bom)
-	}
-
-	// trim the line from all leading whitespace first
-	line = bytes.TrimLeftFunc(line, unicode.IsSpace)
-
-	// If the line is empty or a comment, we return a blank key/value pair.
-	if len(line) == 0 || line[0] == '#' {
-		return ``, ``, nil
-	}
-
-	data := strings.SplitN(string(line), "=", 2)
-	key = data[0]
-	if errs := validation.IsEnvVarName(key); len(errs) != 0 {
-		return ``, ``, fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid key name: %s", key, strings.Join(errs, ";"))
-	}
-
-	if len(data) == 2 {
-		value = data[1]
-	} else {
-		// No value (no `=` in the line) is a signal to obtain the value
-		// from the environment.
-		value = os.Getenv(key)
-	}
-	return key, value, err
-}
-
-// AddFromEnvFile processes an env file allows a generic addTo to handle the
-// collection of key value pairs or returns an error.
-func addFromEnvFile(filePath string, addTo func(key, value string) error) error {
-	f, err := os.Open(filePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-	currentLine := 0
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		// Process the current line, retrieving a key/value pair if
-		// possible.
-		scannedBytes := scanner.Bytes()
-		key, value, err := processEnvFileLine(scannedBytes, filePath, currentLine)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		currentLine++
-
-		if len(key) == 0 {
-			// no key means line was empty or a comment
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if err = addTo(key, value); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
index 97dcaf633..0d11d690d 100644
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
+++ b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package configmapandsecret
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ func NewConfigMapFactory(
 // MakeUnstructAndGenerateName returns an configmap and the name appended with a hash.
 func (f *ConfigMapFactory) MakeUnstructAndGenerateName(
 	args *types.ConfigMapArgs) (*unstructured.Unstructured, string, error) {
-	cm, err := f.MakeConfigMap1(args)
+	cm, err := f.MakeConfigMap(args)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
@@ -84,31 +83,8 @@ func (f *ConfigMapFactory) makeFreshConfigMap(
 	return cm
 }
 
-// MakeConfigMap1 returns a new ConfigMap, or nil and an error.
-func (f *ConfigMapFactory) MakeConfigMap1(
-	args *types.ConfigMapArgs) (*corev1.ConfigMap, error) {
-	cm := f.makeFreshConfigMap(args)
-	if args.EnvSource != "" {
-		if err := f.handleConfigMapFromEnvFileSource(cm, args); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	if args.FileSources != nil {
-		if err := f.handleConfigMapFromFileSources(cm, args); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	if args.LiteralSources != nil {
-		if err := f.handleConfigMapFromLiteralSources(cm, args.LiteralSources); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	return cm, nil
-}
-
-// MakeConfigMap2 returns a new ConfigMap, or nil and an error.
-// TODO: Get rid of the nearly duplicated code in MakeConfigMap1 vs MakeConfigMap2
-func (f *ConfigMapFactory) MakeConfigMap2(
+// MakeConfigMap returns a new ConfigMap, or nil and an error.
+func (f *ConfigMapFactory) MakeConfigMap(
 	args *types.ConfigMapArgs) (*corev1.ConfigMap, error) {
 	var all []kvPair
 	var err error
@@ -137,7 +113,7 @@ func (f *ConfigMapFactory) MakeConfigMap2(
 	all = append(all, pairs...)
 
 	for _, kv := range all {
-		err = AddKv(cm, kv.key, kv.value)
+		err = addKvToConfigMap(cm, kv.key, kv.value)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -148,7 +124,7 @@ func (f *ConfigMapFactory) MakeConfigMap2(
 func keyValuesFromLiteralSources(sources []string) ([]kvPair, error) {
 	var kvs []kvPair
 	for _, s := range sources {
-		k, v, err := ParseLiteralSource(s)
+		k, v, err := parseLiteralSource(s)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -157,27 +133,10 @@ func keyValuesFromLiteralSources(sources []string) ([]kvPair, error) {
 	return kvs, nil
 }
 
-// handleConfigMapFromLiteralSources adds the specified literal source
-// information into the provided configMap.
-func (f *ConfigMapFactory) handleConfigMapFromLiteralSources(
-	configMap *v1.ConfigMap, sources []string) error {
-	for _, s := range sources {
-		k, v, err := ParseLiteralSource(s)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		err = AddKv(configMap, k, v)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func keyValuesFromFileSources(ldr loader.Loader, sources []string) ([]kvPair, error) {
 	var kvs []kvPair
 	for _, s := range sources {
-		k, fPath, err := ParseFileSource(s)
+		k, fPath, err := parseFileSource(s)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -190,45 +149,6 @@ func keyValuesFromFileSources(ldr loader.Loader, sources []string) ([]kvPair, er
 	return kvs, nil
 }
 
-// handleConfigMapFromFileSources adds the specified file source information
-// into the provided configMap
-func (f *ConfigMapFactory) handleConfigMapFromFileSources(
-	configMap *v1.ConfigMap, args *types.ConfigMapArgs) error {
-	for _, fileSource := range args.FileSources {
-		keyName, filePath, err := ParseFileSource(fileSource)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if !f.fSys.Exists(filePath) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read configmap source file %s", filePath)
-		}
-		if f.fSys.IsDir(filePath) {
-			if strings.Contains(fileSource, "=") {
-				return fmt.Errorf("cannot give a key name for a directory path")
-			}
-			fileList, err := ioutil.ReadDir(filePath)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("error listing files in %s: %v", filePath, err)
-			}
-			for _, item := range fileList {
-				itemPath := path.Join(filePath, item.Name())
-				if item.Mode().IsRegular() {
-					keyName = item.Name()
-					err = addKeyFromFileToConfigMap(configMap, keyName, itemPath)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			if err := addKeyFromFileToConfigMap(configMap, keyName, filePath); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func keyValuesFromEnvFile(l loader.Loader, path string) ([]kvPair, error) {
 	if path == "" {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -240,34 +160,9 @@ func keyValuesFromEnvFile(l loader.Loader, path string) ([]kvPair, error) {
 	return keyValuesFromLines(content)
 }
 
-// HandleConfigMapFromEnvFileSource adds the specified env file source information
-// into the provided configMap
-func (f *ConfigMapFactory) handleConfigMapFromEnvFileSource(
-	configMap *v1.ConfigMap, args *types.ConfigMapArgs) error {
-	if !f.fSys.Exists(args.EnvSource) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to read configmap env file %s", args.EnvSource)
-	}
-	if f.fSys.IsDir(args.EnvSource) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("env config file %s cannot be a directory", args.EnvSource)
-	}
-	return addFromEnvFile(args.EnvSource, func(key, value string) error {
-		return AddKv(configMap, key, value)
-	})
-}
-
-// addKeyFromFileToConfigMap adds a key with the given name to a ConfigMap, populating
-// the value with the content of the given file path, or returns an error.
-func addKeyFromFileToConfigMap(configMap *v1.ConfigMap, keyName, filePath string) error {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return AddKv(configMap, keyName, string(data))
-}
-
-// AddKv adds the given key and data to the given config map.
+// addKvToConfigMap adds the given key and data to the given config map.
 // Error if key invalid, or already exists.
-func AddKv(configMap *v1.ConfigMap, keyName, data string) error {
+func addKvToConfigMap(configMap *v1.ConfigMap, keyName, data string) error {
 	// Note, the rules for ConfigMap keys are the exact same as the ones for SecretKeys.
 	if errs := validation.IsConfigMapKey(keyName); len(errs) != 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a valid key name for a ConfigMap: %s", keyName, strings.Join(errs, ";"))
@@ -279,7 +174,7 @@ func AddKv(configMap *v1.ConfigMap, keyName, data string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// ParseFileSource parses the source given.
+// parseFileSource parses the source given.
 //
 //  Acceptable formats include:
 //   1.  source-path: the basename will become the key name
@@ -287,7 +182,7 @@ func AddKv(configMap *v1.ConfigMap, keyName, data string) error {
 //       source-path is the path to the key file.
 //
 // Key names cannot include '='.
-func ParseFileSource(source string) (keyName, filePath string, err error) {
+func parseFileSource(source string) (keyName, filePath string, err error) {
 	numSeparators := strings.Count(source, "=")
 	switch {
 	case numSeparators == 0:
@@ -304,10 +199,10 @@ func ParseFileSource(source string) (keyName, filePath string, err error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ParseLiteralSource parses the source key=val pair into its component pieces.
+// parseLiteralSource parses the source key=val pair into its component pieces.
 // This functionality is distinguished from strings.SplitN(source, "=", 2) since
 // it returns an error in the case of empty keys, values, or a missing equals sign.
-func ParseLiteralSource(source string) (keyName, value string, err error) {
+func parseLiteralSource(source string) (keyName, value string, err error) {
 	// leading equal is invalid
 	if strings.Index(source, "=") == 0 {
 		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid literal source %v, expected key=value", source)
diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
index 11ab1e82b..3ef82ec88 100644
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/configmapandsecret/configmapfactory_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestConstructConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 	f := NewConfigMapFactory(fSys,
 		loader.NewLoader(loader.NewFileLoader(fSys)))
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		cm, err := f.MakeConfigMap1(&tc.input)
+		cm, err := f.MakeConfigMap(&tc.input)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/configmapandsecret/kv.go b/pkg/configmapandsecret/kv.go
index 26a31c54c..6d6c99249 100644
--- a/pkg/configmapandsecret/kv.go
+++ b/pkg/configmapandsecret/kv.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ type kvPair struct {
 	value string
 }
 
+var utf8bom = []byte{0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF}
+
 // keyValuesFromLines parses given content in to a list of key-value pairs.
 func keyValuesFromLines(content []byte) ([]kvPair, error) {
 	var kvs []kvPair
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/configmap.go b/pkg/resmap/configmap.go
index b85fbc865..21e1e6caf 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/configmap.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/configmap.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewResMapFromConfigMapArgs(
 		if cmArgs.Behavior == "" {
 			cmArgs.Behavior = "create"
 		}
-		cm, err := f.MakeConfigMap2(&cmArgs)
+		cm, err := f.MakeConfigMap(&cmArgs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}